fascis
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From fascio (“to bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European, Cognate with Ancient Greek φάκελος (fákelos, “bundle”).
[edit] Noun
fascis (genitive fascis); m, third declension
- A fagot, fascine; bundle, packet, package, parcel.
- A burden, load.
- (usually in plural) A bundle carried by lictors before the highest magistrates, consisting of rods and an axe, with which criminals were scourged and beheaded.
- A high office, like the consulship.
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fascis | fascēs |
| genitive | fascis | fascium |
| dative | fascī | fascibus |
| accusative | fascem | fascēs 1 |
| ablative | fasce | fascibus |
| vocative | fascis | fascēs |
1 May also be fascīs.
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- fascis in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
